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Richard L. Davis and the Color Line in Ohio Coal: A Hocking Valley Mine Labor Organizer, 1862-1900 (Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies, 41) - Softcover

Book 20 of 34: Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies

Doppen, Frans H.

 
9781476667393: Richard L. Davis and the Color Line in Ohio Coal: A Hocking Valley Mine Labor Organizer, 1862-1900 (Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies, 41)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 147666739X ISBN 13: 9781476667393
Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2016

Synopsis

Born in Roanoke County, Virginia, on the eve of the Emancipation Proclamation, Richard L. Davis was an early mine labor organizer in Rendville, Ohio. One year after the 1884 Great Hocking Valley Coal Strike, which lasted nine months, Davis wrote the first of many letters to the National Labor Tribune and the United Mine Workers Journal. One of two African Americans at the founding convention of United Mine Workers of America in 1890, he served as a member of the National Executive Board in 1886-97. Davis called upon white and black miners to unite against wage slavery. This biography provides a detailed portrait of one of America's more influential labor organizers.

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About the Author

Frans H. Doppen is a professor of social studies education and chair of the Department of Teacher Education at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

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Publisher
McFarland & Company
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
147666739X
ISBN 13 
9781476667393
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
192